The Girl in the Red Rubber Boots

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  • Stop Being Spooky, LinkedIn

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    Emily Sara Smucker
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    I have a very weird story about LinkedIn that has puzzled me for three years. It actually began six years ago, when I started my very first term of college ever, at Bridgewater College in Virginia. Bridgewater required that every student take a class called “Personal Development Portfolio.” It was kind-of a weird class. We…

  • MOP April 13: Vindication

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    Emily Sara Smucker
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    I was pretty bad at academic writing when I started college, which was hard on my ego. I mean, I’d published a book and stuff, how dare my teachers make notes in the margins of my papers telling me to take a writing class? Humph. Still, being of a practical frame of mind, I signed…

  • MOP April 7: Making the Most of the Life Stage You’re Currently In

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    Emily Sara Smucker
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    Right now, I want to write another book. I know exactly what I want to write. I sit and daydream about pulling out my pencils and digging into a stack of old notebooks and organizing my ideas. I research how to write book proposals. But. I am not at a life stage where I can…

  • Stress

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    Emily Sara Smucker
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    I understand that stress is a normal/needed biological reaction, but doesn’t it seem a little ridiculous to you that our body has the same reaction to schoolwork as it does to being chased by a bear? I go to great lengths to decrease the level of stress in my life. I take a lighter course…

  • What We Do for Extra Credit

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    Emily Sara Smucker
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    I gotta say, dressing up and lip-syncing to “The Lion Sleeps Tonight” is the weirdest thing I’ve ever done for extra credit. I posted this picture on Facebook and multiple people asked me for the full story. Goodness. How do I even begin to explain that class? I guess I should have known what I…

  • MOP April 3: A Rant about Culture and Humanity

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    Blast, the evening is running out and there is a continuous rant about culture that is buzzing through my brain. It’s difficult to turn brain rants into coherent blog posts. But I shall try. This term I’m taking a class on African anthropology. The teacher has a great grasp on culture, and I enjoy the…

  • 10 Signs you might be a Mennonite girl in College

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    Emily Sara Smucker
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    1. You walk into a party and your friend says, “Hey, want a non-alcoholic beer?” 2. You get a job driving combine for a local farmer, and spend a significant amount of time thinking about the carbon emissions all this machinery must produce. 3. You mention “Jehovah’s witnesses handing out paraphernalia,” only to be laughed…

  • Cold Days and Dream Jobs

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    Emily Sara Smucker
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    The weeks of sunshine deceived me. “I have to wear flip-flops,” I told myself. Also, “it doesn’t matter so much if I forget to bring a tea bag. I don’t NEED to drink tea.” Yesterday I went on a field trip with BMS to the wildlife safari. It was a lovely trip, only the flip-flops…

  • Big World, Long Drive

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    Emily Sara Smucker
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    “In short words, the reason I went to college was because I found that the more I learned, the bigger my world got, and I wanted my world to be the biggest it could be.” -Amos Yoder, my grandfather Monday evening we arrived at my grandpa and grandma’s house in Minnesota.  I hadn’t seen my…

  • Five Stories of a Boring Life

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    Emily Sara Smucker
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    The Stick in the Road I must get healthy. Therefore, I must exercise. But the hot hot summer weather keeps me from brisk midday walks. The solution, of course, is to walk in the evenings. That is what I did today. Only I didn’t get started until it was nearly dark. Oh well, what’s a…